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If we could offer to the ungodly a worldly plan which would ensure…
Quote byHudson Taylor · 1832–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (J. Hudson Taylor. A Ribband of Blue and Other Bible Studies. London: China Inland Mission, n.d., 41)..
English (original)
If we could offer to the ungodly a worldly plan which would ensure their prospering in all that they undertake, how eagerly they would embrace it! And yet when GOD Himself reveals an effectual plan to His people how few avail themselves of it!.
— Hudson Taylor
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